Britain’s most senior judge took the unprecedented step of initiating disciplinary action against one of his own High Court judges last night.
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, has referred Mr Justice Peter Smith to the Office for Judicial Complaints, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor.
The move comes after Mr Justice Peter Smith was severely castigated recently for failing to step down from a case involving a law firm towards which he had shown “undoubted animosity”.
The judge had been in unsuccessful negotiations with Addleshaw Goddard, the 15th-largest law firm in Britain with almost 600 solicitors, and a partner in the case who came before the judge to be tried asked that he step down.
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